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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammadu Dingyadi, on Thursday, said Nigerians expecting his ministry to provide jobs would be disappointed because that is not part of its mandate.
He stated this at the annual conference of the Federal Capital Territory chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations in Abuja.
While highlighting that his ministry is mindful of Nigeria’s enormous youth population and the need to ensure gainful engagement, Dingyadi stressed that the provision of employment for the youth was not their responsibility.
According to the former minister of police affairs, their main task was to create an enabling environment and never to secure jobs for anybody.
He said, “You will agree with me that the mandate of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment is never to give employment to people.
“However, it is at the heart of the Renewed Hope Agenda, particularly as it relates to job creation, sustained and inclusive investment, as well as the promotion of enhanced productivity for improved service delivery.
“As you are aware, the ministry is not there to provide employment, because the former minister of youths and sports (Sunday Dare), before he left, was asking me to give him jobs. I said we only create the environment for jobs. We don’t give jobs.
“Mr President is poised and committed to providing the requisite leadership and driving initiatives geared towards Nigeria’s economic recovery and transformation.
“This is evident in the recent successful negotiation of a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers, and the deliberate efforts towards sustainable strategic investments in human capital, infrastructure, innovation and institutional reforms.”
Earlier in his speech, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, urged Nigerians not to give up on Tinubu over the current hardship rocking the nation.
